Boris Johnson 'on brink of Brexit deal' after border concessions
Source: The Guardian
Boris Johnson appears to be on the brink of reaching a Brexit deal after making major concessions to EU demands over the Irish border.
A draft treaty could now be published on Wednesday morning, according to senior British and EU sources.
It is understood that the negotiating teams have agreed in principle that there will be a customs border down the Irish Sea. The arrangement was rejected by Theresa May as a deal that no British prime minister could accept.
Johnson will still have to win over parliament including the Democratic Unionist party (DUP) and the hardline Tory Brexiters, the European Research Group on the basis that, under the deal, Northern Ireland will still legally be within the UKs customs territory.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/oct/15/boris-johnson-close-to-brexit-deal-after-border-concessions
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)he'd probably build houses with only a chainsaw and a hammer.
Javaman
(62,521 posts)he'd live in a cave.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)Grokenstein
(5,722 posts)...rather than ever even enter anything that Boris built.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,031 posts)maxsolomon
(33,327 posts)I'd expect the DUP will flatly reject a customs border between England and N. Ireland.
crazytown
(7,277 posts)Would he fight an election on it?